Alexander Cuts Ribbon for CN Tower Unveil of New Accessible Upgrades

By: Mary Jo Vradis

Alexander Cuts Ribbon for CN Tower Unveil of New Accessible Upgrades

Tags: CN Tower, Accessibility, Toronto

  On Tuesday, June 26th, the CN Tower celebrated its 42nd anniversary with the grand unveiling of its completed $16 million renovation. The newly revised layout allows a captivating 360-degree view of the city through floor-to-ceiling windows wrapping the entire observation deck. The new windows, starting from 8 cm off the floor, allow persons with mobility challenge...Read More

Alexander Makes the Face of New Track 3 Campaign

By: Mary Jo Vradis

Alexander Makes the Face of New Track 3 Campaign

Tags: Track 3, Skiing, Accessibility, Ability Expo

Alexander made the new campaign for Track 3 featured at this weekend's Ability Expo. Track 3 is a volunteer non-profit charitable organization that teaches children and youth with disabilities to downhill ski and snowboard.  Thank you Track 3 for making skiing and snowboarding accessible to people of all abilities, we are so grateful to be apart of this amazing program....Read More

Successful Grand Opening for First 'Pay What You Can Grocery Store'

By: Mary Jo Vradis

Successful Grand Opening for First 'Pay What You Can Grocery Store'

Tags: Feed It Forward, Pay What You Can, Grocery, Charity, Community

The world's first pay-what-you-can grocery store, bakery, and coffee shop opened its doors this past weekend with a marvellous turnout. This unique grocery store is one more of Chef Jagger Gordon's, founder and operator of Feed It Forward, initiatives in helping those with food insecurities.   In its aim to be a waste-free, environmentally friendly facility, the store is initiat...Read More

Ontario's First 'Pay What You Can Grocery Store' Set to Open its Doors June 16th

By: Mary Jo Vradis

Ontario's First 'Pay What You Can Grocery Store' Set to Open its Doors June 16th

Tags: Feed It Forward, Pay What You Can, Chef Jagger Gordon

On June 16th, 2018, Feed It Forward will be opening the first pay what you can grocery not only in Canada but in the World! The Feed It Forward Pay What You Can Grocery Store, Bakery and Coffee Shop will be located at 3324 Dundas St. West (The Junction) in Toronto.  This one of a kind, pay what you can grocery store will be fully stocked and aside from a bakery and coffee shop, there wi...Read More

Feed It Forward Appearance at Second Annual Toronto Doughnut Festival

By: Mary Jo Vradis

Feed It Forward Appearance at Second Annual Toronto Doughnut Festival

Tags: Toronto, Doughnut Festival, Feed It Forward, Fundraiser

Five-hundred Torontonians were at the Dufferin Mall this past Sunday for the second-annual Toronto Doughnut Festival. This year, there were a dozen different doughnuts to try, including Feed It Forward's very own creation. Chef Jagger Gordon put together an incredibly unique grilled cheese sandwich doughnut topped with tomato-basil icing and stuffed with both American and Swiss cheese.&n...Read More

You're Invited to Toronto's 2nd Annual Doughnut Festival!

By: Mary Jo Vradis

You're Invited to Toronto's 2nd Annual Doughnut Festival!

Tags: Dufferin Mall, Feed It Forward, Toronto Doughnut Festival

You're invited to the second annual Toronto Doughnut Festival presented by Dufferin Mall and Toronto Life! A portion of all proceeds will be donated to Feed It Forward. Dufferin Mall will be hosting the event Sunday, June 10th from 12:00pm to 4:00pm. Bring the kids, bring the family, fabulous event!z Drop by the Feed It Forward booth for more information and on-site demonstrations&...Read More

Client Appreciation Parties

By: Mary Jo Vradis

Client Appreciation Parties

Tags: Client Appreciation, Toronto Realtor, Real Estate, Party

To show my appreciation for the continued business and loyalty from my amazing clients, I welcome everyone each year to my Client Appreciation Party. I organize an array of spectacular food, service and entertainment! In the past I have had THE GREEK GRILL, Feed It Forward founder Celebrity Chef Jagger Gordon and many others cater the event. For entertainment I have had exciting cultural variety ...Read More

Pizza Nova's 'That's Amore Pizza For Kids Day 2018' Surpasses Last Year's Total

By: Mary Jo Vradis

Pizza Nova's 'That's Amore Pizza For Kids Day 2018' Surpasses Last Year's Total

Tags: Pizza Nova, Variety Village, Fundraiser, That's Amore Pizza For Kids Day

This year at Pizza Nova's That's Amore Pizza for Kids Day broke their previous record by raising an astonoshing $118,602.  The annual fundraiser put on by Pizza Nova is an all day event in which medium pizzas are priced at $4.39 + tax. $1 from each pizza goes towards supporting accesible and progressive programming at Variety Village.  Congratulations Variety Village a...Read More

Radio Show Guest Speaker for Organ Donor Awareness Month 

By: Mary Jo Vradis

Radio Show Guest Speaker for Organ Donor Awareness Month 

Tags: Organ Donation Awareness, Be a Donor, Transplant Recipient

See my first podcast as a guest speaker on radio show Fresh Waves. ...Read More

Fundraiser for Feed It Forward Charity

By: Mary Jo Vradis

Fundraiser for Feed It Forward Charity

Tags: Feed It Forward, Charity, Fundraising, Poker Tournament, Food Rescue Hero

  On Sunday, April 22nd we held a fundraiser in which all proceeds went towards Feed It Forward's first Pay What You Can Grocery Store in Ontario! The charity dinner and poker tournament raised $2,000 to benefit Feed It Forwards cause of feeding the less fortunate, raising awareness, and hopefully changing legislation concerning the shameful waste of food in our country. To play my ...Read More